Buck Farmer vs. Mike Montgomery — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Montgomery
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Montgomery built a career as a starting pitcher and Buck Farmer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Montgomery led in home run suppression (HR9+ 171 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 77). Role difference aside, Mike Montgomery holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Mike Montgomery

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
3.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.35
40.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1623
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
524
8.72
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
6.9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.144
1.144
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2308
38.4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
34.05
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Mike Montgomery

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
3.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1623
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.31
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.98
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.48
97.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.634
0.634
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Mike Montgomery

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
184
1298.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
564.71
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
56.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.44
17.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-2.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
282.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA